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« on: October 26, 2018, 13:39:11 » |
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Received by email this morning: This is to tell you about our new ticket postal charges that will come into effect from 29 October 2018.
• First class post will increase to £1.
• Next day delivery will rise from £6 to £7.50.
Covering our costs
These charges are being introduced to cover our postal costs only. We will not be using these to profit from our customers. Many other websites already do this and some do charge more. We still won't charge you a separate booking fee.
Mobile tickets for free
You may find it more convenient to use mobile tickets that are available as a free alternative on many of our routes – this means you no longer need to queue at a station to buy or collect your ticket. Download the free GWR▸ mobile app to your mobile and enjoy paperless travel.
Exemption examples
If you're travelling from a station where it isn't possible to collect your ticket free of charge, via a ticket office, ticket machine or an e-Ticket, then the postal charge will not apply.
Yours
The GWR team To be fair to GWR they are one of the few rail ticket retailers who haven’t up to now charged for postage. I will still continue to buy from them for the nectar points...for what they are worth! |
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Sixty3Closure
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« Reply #1 on: October 26, 2018, 16:38:11 » |
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Virgin East Coast always had free postage although I haven't ordered from the new company yet to see if that carried over (and the Nectar points).
Trainline did always annoy me with the postage costs and also the bit at the end trying to get me to sign up for 'discounts' for a monthly charge.
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« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2018, 17:28:08 » |
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It's fair enough really. Postage isn't actually a free service, after all.
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Waiting at Pilning for the midnight sleeper to Prague.
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« Reply #3 on: October 26, 2018, 18:26:49 » |
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It's fair enough really. Postage isn't actually a free service, after all.
...and plenty of free alternatives. |
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8 Billion people on a wet rock - of course we're not happy
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LiskeardRich
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« Reply #4 on: October 26, 2018, 18:39:03 » |
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I have no issue with this on the basis there are several free methods. Whats a 1st class stamp these days 65p?
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bobm
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« Reply #5 on: October 26, 2018, 18:44:58 » |
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67p
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« Reply #6 on: October 26, 2018, 19:45:00 » |
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To be fair to GWR▸ they are one of the few rail ticket retailers who haven’t up to now charged for postage. I will still continue to buy from them for the nectar points...for what they are worth!
#MeToo, and when their website is down, I switch to Transpennine Express for the day. Always using the credit card that gives me 3% cashback until I hit the limit for the month, then switch to another with a lower cashback, always collect from the TVM▸ . Those Nectar points can add up over a year - every little helps, as they say. |
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Now, please!
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« Reply #7 on: October 26, 2018, 21:06:14 » |
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Those Nectar points can add up over a year - every little helps, as they say.
Nectar don't say that though. That's Tesco's tag line.  |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #8 on: October 26, 2018, 21:31:29 » |
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Nectar don't say that though. That's Tesco's tag line. Well I never! That could explain the funny looks I get in Sainsbury. Some of them, anyway. |
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« Reply #9 on: October 27, 2018, 15:34:40 » |
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Adding a journey from a station without ToD facilities will no doubt override it; Lympstone Commando to Lympstone Village child off-peak day single @ 70p, say. This may have come up before when XC▸ started charging postage on certain journeys.
I usually collect mine from a TVM▸ , but when I have ordered by post they come very quickly with a return address in Crawley.
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« Reply #10 on: October 27, 2018, 16:09:01 » |
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Adding a journey from a station without ToD facilities will no doubt override it; Lympstone Commando to Lympstone Village child off-peak day single @ 70p, say. This may have come up before when XC▸ started charging postage on certain journeys.
I usually collect mine from a TVM▸ , but when I have ordered by post they come very quickly with a return address in Crawley.
Devonport to Dockyard Child Single is even cheaper. 65p! |
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"Build a man a fire and he'll be warm for the rest of the day. Set a man on fire and he'll be warm for the rest of his life."
- Sir Terry Pratchett.
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« Reply #11 on: October 27, 2018, 16:10:09 » |
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..and I remember when a child single from Reading to Reading West was 3p.....
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« Reply #12 on: October 29, 2018, 18:48:52 » |
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Majority of our journeys are from Lostwithiel. Happy days
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« Reply #13 on: October 29, 2018, 20:52:19 » |
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Adding a journey from a station without ToD facilities will no doubt override it; Lympstone Commando to Lympstone Village child off-peak day single @ 70p, say. This may have come up before when XC▸ started charging postage on certain journeys.
I usually collect mine from a TVM▸ , but when I have ordered by post they come very quickly with a return address in Crawley.
Creepy. ..and I remember when a child single from Reading to Reading West was 3p.....
I used to get up i't morning half an hour before I went to bed, eat 'andful o' cold gravel, lick th'road clean wi' th'tongue... |
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